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WiN MS installs its devices to monitor and combat wire theft across the French rail network
15 September 2014 | By WiN MS
The first installation is the result of a long partnership between WiN MS and the railway operator SNCF...
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Safety & Security
Railways face continued growth in passenger ridership numbers and increased demand for rail freight operations. To cope, rail systems must adapt to their changing environment and provide networks that are both safe and secure.
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Northern Rail Brings Security Systems to 200 Stations
2 September 2014 | By Northern Rail
The UK’s largest rail operator, Northern Rail, has reached a landmark in its security provision and has now installed 200 CCTV facilities at its stations...
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Bulgaria works hard to reduce level crossing fatalities
The total track length of the railway network of the Republic of Bulgaria is 6,529km and there are 790 level crossings managed by the National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC) of which 140 have manual barriers, 127 have electrical barriers, 108 operate with automatic block, 274 operate with automatic devices, and…
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voestalpine Schienen to present three major innovations at InnoTrans
7 August 2014 | By voestalpine Schienen
Under the theme ‘good is good, but better carries it’, voestalpine Schienen GmbH will showcase the latest fruits of its target-oriented track solution approach at this year’s InnoTrans trade show.
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Non-Touch Detection system supplements Mayser’s Obstacle Detection and Drag Detection systems
7 August 2014 | By Mayser
Mayser’s new Non-Touch Detection system serves as a predictive jostling protection implemented directly on the main closing edge of the Mayser finger protection profiles.
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Shenzhen Metro chooses TETRA and DMR solution from Hytera
7 August 2014 | By Hytera
Hytera has recently been awarded with a TETRA communications project by Shenzhen Metro.
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Kapsch successfully finalises two GSM-R projects in the Czech Republic
7 August 2014 | By Kapsch
For the railway sections Lanžhot (CZ) – Kúty (SK) and Břeclav (CZ) – Hohenau (A) the European Train Control System is now available...
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Maintaining MATISA’s high level of quality
6 August 2014 | By Matisa
MATISA Materiel Industriel SA believes that success comes with responsibility...
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Issue #4 2014 – Digital version
This issue features a foreword by Austria's Minister of Transport Doris Bures, an Alpine profile, a Rolling Stock Developments supplement, a look at developments in Italy's high-speed rail, and an exclusive Level Crossing Safety supplement...
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Level Crossing Safety supplement
In our latest free-to-view Level Crossing Safety Supplement, we invite experts from Bulgaria, Portugal and Ireland to showcase how their country is actively working to reduce the number of fatalities at level crossings...
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Flooding in Serbia causes catastrophic railway infrastructure damage
5 August 2014 | By Global Railway Review
Due to the catastrophic floods which hit Serbia in late-May 2014, the country’s railway infrastructure suffered huge damages estimated to be in the region of millions of Euros – the consequences of this devastating act of nature on Serbian railway lines will remain for an extended period of time...
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Managing passive level crossings on public and private roads in Ireland
Railway level crossings in Ireland are managed by Iarnród Éireann – Irish Rail, the national railway infrastructure manager, and supervised by the Railway Safety Commission, the national safety and regulatory authority. Both organisations work closely with one another to advance railway safety, which they recognise as a common goal. Donal…
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Reducing level crossing numbers and improving safety records in Portugal
Accidents at level crossings are, recognisably, a global problem that must be issued by a vast number of stakeholders – from rail and road sides, from private to public sectors. It is estimated that between 600,000 and 1,000,000 level crossings exist in the world. In Europe there are approximately 114,000…
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Issue #3 2014 – Digital version
This issue features a forward from Ketil Solvik-Olsen, Norway's Minister of Transport and Communications, a Northern Europe Profile featuring articles from Trafikstyrelsen, Jernbaneverket, The Scandinavian 8 Million City Project and AS Eesti Radutee, exclusive Track Systems and Signalling & Telecommunications supplements, plus an update from INEA...
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Track Systems supplement 2014
In our latest free-to-view Track Systems Supplement, read articles about the CAPACITY4RAIL project, track maintenance facilities in Portugal, plus switches and crossings research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology...
